Course Reserves

Course Reserves is an instructional support resource available to individuals teaching
courses both online and on any University of West Georgia campus. These items can
be both physical and electronic such as books, DVDs, articles, audio discs or any
other materials that have been assigned to a class. Placing an item on reserves is
a cost effective way to ensure that students have equal access to high demand materials.

Professors, Course Reserves are processed as fast as we can, please make sure to get
your reserves requests in early. Be advised that if you need an item to be ordered
there are fiscal year start and end dates. These dates will be e-mailed to you as
the semester progresses.

Do you have my textbook?

Trying to find out if Ingram Library has your textbook or any other book required
for your class? Here's how:

Step One

Do you not know your teacher's name or the class name but know the class number? Perfect.
If you scoot on down to Ingram Library's homepage and click the "Books" tab, you can
search by class number, teacher's last name, or class title. You can also do a title
search for the item you are looking for.

Step Two

A general book search for things such as "Anthropology" or "Sociology" will often
lead to search results that include items that are not related to any class in particular.
If you are looking for anything specific to the class you are in, simply click "GIL-FIND"
and select "Course Reserves" from the drop down.

Step Three

From the Course Reserves search page you will find "Tweak my results" on the left
hand side. This is actually something you will see when you perform any search and
may be useful to you if you are looking for say, a particular subject, author, or
language. For Course Reserves you can sort by Instructor, Course ID, Course Name,
Department, as well as item format. If you do not see your class but your instructor
has told you something was on Course Reserves, please let the Course Reserves Specialist know.

Step Four (Optional, for books associated with a class that are eBooks)

Sometimes you will find a book listed under a class that is not a physical item you
can hold but an eBook. To access eBooks click "Online Access".

Step Five

Once you have clicked "Online Access" you will then click "view full text." Due to
copyright regulations you may not be able to download the full-text nor will you be
able to print the full-text. If you are trying to access an Ebook from home the system
may ask you to log in either with your UWG ID and Password or the Galileo password.
Your UWG ID is the first part of your UWG e-mail and the password will be the same
password you use for your UWG e-mail. The Galileo password can be found in CourseDen.

Copyright Law

Ingram Library works hard to ensure that students are aware of copyright law. Copyright
law states that only 10% of a book may be photocopied or printed. This is why EBooks
limit the amount of pages that can be downloaded or printed. In all matters regarding
the use of copyrighted material, you should be guided by USG’s copyright policy here . Information regarding Fair Use can be found here or here .

For Faculty

Physical Reserves

Physical items such as books, audio CDs, or videos can be placed on Course Reserve.
You can not place items obtained via InterLibrary Loan, GIL Express, Netflix, or any
service related to the aforementioned on reserves. At the end of each semester professors
will receive an email asking them if they would like to keep items on reserves or
have them removed. The option to carry an item over every semester is also available
to you. Be sure to notify the Course Reserves Specialist which you prefer ahead of
time.

Library Owned Materials:

We want to get items pulled and placed for you as soon as possible, the earlier you
notify us what items you need on reserves, the better. Fill out the following Reserves Request Form or obtain a paper copy from Ingram Library’s Circulation desk. On this form you will
indicate the loan period you wish to set for items. If you are unsure about which
loan period to pick or if you have any questions regarding the form, contact the Course
Reserves Specialist at 678-839-6502 or reserves@westga.edu.

Materials You Own:

At the beginning of the semester you can send materials through campus mail to the
Course Reserves Specialist or bring in items to be placed on course reserves. Please
make sure you have filled out and included the Reserves Request Form. Personal copies will be both labeled physically and on the Reserves Request Form
under the “Call-Number” section as “PC.” For personal copies, we strongly recommend
that they be designated as “IN LIBRARY USE ONLY.” Please be advised that you are placing
personal copies on reserves at your own risk. If the personal copy you are placing
on reserves costs a substantial amount, please let us know so that we can make proper
accommodations.

Ordering Materials:

If there is an item that you would like to have placed on course reserves that the
library does not own, you are free to request that Ingram Library order the item to
be added to it’s permanent collection and to your reserves list. To do so, you will
fill out the Reserves Request Form and indicate that the item is to be ordered by marking an “X” in the section titled
“To order.” This form is then to be sent to the Course Reserves Specialist via campus
mail or e-mailed to reserves@westga.edu. You do not need to go through your liaisons for Course Reserves specific orders.

If you have a course reserves order you would like to make, please make sure that
you submit your request a month or two prior to the beginning of the semester. Also,
be aware of fiscal year start and end dates. You will be contacted via email about
time periods where orders can and can not be made.

Electronic Reserves (Supporting Online Learning)

Ingram Library stopped using the Docutek Electronic Reserves system the beginning
of Summer Semester 2014. Instead, we and UWG Distance Education are assisting faculty
in using the campus online course management system (Course Den) to post articles
and book chapters to your class. Need help uploading an item into CourseDen? No problem.
The Course Reserves Specialist can help you with your electronic items and CourseDen
uploads over the phone, through email, or in person. To schedule an in-person meeting
where we come to you contact reserves@westga.edu with the subject “Schedule a Meeting.”

Making Physical Items Electronic

If you have a copy of an article or book chapter that you would like for your students
to read, and you need a copy of it, you may bring it to the Circulation Desk, email
details-if housed with in Ingram Library-to reserves@westga.edu, or send the item you would like copied via campus mail to the Course Reserves Specialist
with details about which chapter, page numbers. etc. you would like to have copied.
The Course Reserves Specialist will create an electronic copy that is also accessible
and send it to you via email.

If you are sending your own photocopies to be converted to electronic copies or to
be made accessible, please make sure that the copies you are providing are scanned
at at least 300 dpi.

IMPORTANT: Books; journal articles; performances of non-dramatic literary and musical works (poetry
readings, popular song recordings); performances of any other work in “limited and
reasonable” amounts; course notes, exams, problem sets, etc. to which you own the
copyright can be placed in CourseDen and scanned in by the Course Reserves Specialist.
Workbooks and other “consumable” products can not be placed in CourseDen. For books,
a minimum of one chapter-if the book is less than 10 chapters long or 10% of a book
with more than one chapter can be scanned in. According to copyright regulations,
items placed on electronic reserves which are not in Public Domain must be accessible
only to the members of the class.

Providing Links to Electronic Items

Articles and other materials that are accessible through the GALILEO databases should
be linked in CourseDen using their respective Permalinks. Permalinks can be found
on the right hand side of the database page. For those of you familiar with proxy
server links, it is now built into the Permalink.

Off-campus, GALILEO will prompt users to enter their UWG ID and password, and/or the
current GALILEO password. The current GALILEO password can be found in CourseDen.

Electronic Items and Your Class

Please notify the Course Reserves Specialist if you would like an electronic book to be ordered or would like an electronic book
to be linked to your class. Linking an electronic item to your Course allows students
to be able to easily locate the item they need in a system that may already feel complicated
to them. Please be aware that some items may have unlimited permissions while some
may not. If you have further questions about ebooks please contact our Electronic Resources Librarian.

Low Cost/No Cost

For more information on Textbook/OER Resources, click here for our libguide or click here for information from the state website. If you have more questions contact your liaison
or C J Ivory

Copyright

Ingram Library must comply with intellectual property and copyright laws as per the
USG system. According to the Georgia Board of Regents Copyright policy, faculty are
responsible for being copyright-compliant in all their use of copyrighted materials.
Books of 10 chapters or less may only have one chapter photocopied and made available
for books that are more than 10 chapters, only 10% of the total book may be photocopied.
These amounts are the same whether or not the book has a single author or is an edited
collection.

In all matters regarding the use of copyrighted material for your classes, you should
be guided by USG’s copyright policy here . Information regarding Electronic Reserves can be found here and information regarding Fair Use can be found here or here .